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Macrocallista Meek, 1876
205150 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205150)
accepted
Genus
Venus gigantea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786) (type by monotypy)
Callista (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876 · alternative representation
Pitar (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pitaria (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Macrocallista aurilitoralis Cox, 1952 †
- Species Macrocallista chemetschensis L. Krishtofovich, 1947 †
- Species Macrocallista gruneri (Oppenheim, 1915) †
- Species Macrocallista kovatschensis L. Krishtofovich, 1947 †
- Species Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Species Macrocallista palmerae Caster, 1938 †
- Species Macrocallista reposta (Conrad, 1834) †
- Species Macrocallista snatolensis L. Krishtofovich, 1947 †
- Subgenus Macrocallista (Chionella) Cossmann, 1886 † accepted as Pitar (Chionella) Cossmann, 1886 † represented as Pitar Römer, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macrocallista (Chionella) omissa Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 accepted as Pitar omissus (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Macrocallista (Paradione) Dall, 1909 † accepted as Pitar (Chionella) Cossmann, 1886 † represented as Pitar Römer, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, unnecessary replacement name for Chionella Cossmann, 1886)
- Species Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) † represented as Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Macrocallista (Paradione) reposta (Conrad, 1834) † represented as Macrocallista reposta (Conrad, 1834) †
- Species Macrocallista (Paradione) waltonensis J. A. Gardner, 1926 † represented as Macrocallista waltonensis J. A. Gardner, 1926 †
- Species Macrocallista arenophila Ihering, 1907 † accepted as Austrocallista boliviana (R. A. Philippi, 1887) †
- Species Macrocallista bardwelli Clench & R. A. McLean, 1936 accepted as Costacallista planatella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Macrocallista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Macrocallista chishimana Pilsbry, 1905 accepted as Ezocallista brevisiphonata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Species Macrocallista erycinoides (Lamarck, 1818) † accepted as Callista erycinoides (Lamarck, 1818) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macrocallista nioba Clench & R. A. McLean, 1936 accepted as Costacallista erycinella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Macrocallista omissa Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 accepted as Pitar omissus (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macrocallista orcutti Dall, 1918 † accepted as Megapitaria squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) (junior synonym)
- Species Macrocallista pareoraensis Suter, 1917 † accepted as Eumarcia pareoraensis (Suter, 1917) † (superseded combination)
- Species Macrocallista sculpturata P. Marshall, 1918 † accepted as Pitar (Hyphantosoma) sculpturatus (P. Marshall, 1918) † accepted as Hyphantosoma sculpturata (P. Marshall, 1918) † (superseded combination)
- Species Macrocallista semisulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Notocallista piperita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Cytheraea semisulcata Lamarck, 1806)
- Species Macrocallista squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) accepted as Megapitaria squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Subgenus Macrocallista (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876 represented as Macrocallista Meek, 1876
- Species Macrocallista (Macrocallista) boliviana (R. A. Philippi, 1887) † accepted as Austrocallista boliviana (R. A. Philippi, 1887) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macrocallista acuminata Dall, 1903 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Macrocallista cavachana G D. Hanna & Israelsky, 1925 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Macrocallista helenae Spieker, 1922 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Macrocallista packi Dickerson, 1914 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Macrocallista waltonensis J. A. Gardner, 1926 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Callista (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876) Meek, F. B. (1876). A report on the invertebrate Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils of the upper Missouri country. In: Hayden, F.V. (Ed.) Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. 9: lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2024294
page(s): 179 [details]
page(s): 179 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrocallista Meek, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205150 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Callista (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876) Meek, F. B. (1876). A report on the invertebrate Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils of the upper Missouri country. In: Hayden, F.V. (Ed.) Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. 9: lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2024294
page(s): 179 [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
status source Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2013). Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 33(1): 40-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2012.754147 [details]
page(s): 179 [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
status source Marshall, B. A.; Spencer, H. G. (2013). Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 33(1): 40-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2012.754147 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
